i have some custom search engines on Firefox Android 89 (settings > search > add search engine > other).
i noticed that Firefox seems to be ordering the search … (read more)
i have some custom search engines on Firefox Android 89 (settings > search > add search engine > other).
i noticed that Firefox seems to be ordering the search engines in an arbitrary order.
when i first add the searches, they appear in the order that they are added.
but after the phone is restarted (note: not the browser, the phone), the search engines are ordered in a different way.
this same order shows up in both the settings search engine list (settings > search) and also the search engine selection list (url bar > search engine)
i have observed:
- it is not sorted by alphabetical by engine name
- it is not sorted by alphabetical by engine url (with or without protocol prefix)
- it is not sorted by order added
- it is deterministic: if i delete an engine and re-add it, even if i name it something different, after a phone restart it'll still return to the same position it was before
so my questions are:
1. how exactly does Firefox sort the search engines?
2. how do i set a custom order for the search engines?
thanks!